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' EStinssSanffls StoE'ti Blunge IPanpflaassaeimti Entfnimo Medford 44th Year 20 Pages Arizona Children Ready For School After Receiving Food And Clothing Phoenix, Ariz., Mar. 11 (U.R) Happy children, with real food in their stomachs and whole clothes on their backs for the first time in weeks, planned to return Monday to the schools which near-starvation forced them to quit. A truant officer, checking on why children were absent from school, discovered this week that 100 children were starving in farm camps almost at the back door of swanky desert resorts here. As soon as the mass destitution was publicized, food, clothing and money poured in from all over the country to aid the hungry farm workers. "We've gotten hundreds of offers of food and clothing from all parts of the country," Juvenile Officer John Walker said. "They'll all be fed now. The contributions were arriving faster than a relief commit tee set up by Juvenile Judge Thomas J. Croaff could distribute the clothes, food and medicine. But smiling children were being outfitted in new clothes, and they were looking forward to returning to school Monday with something in their lunch pails. An Arizona senate committee was authorized to investigate conditions at farm labor camps and report back to the senate. Sen. Frank Christenson, who made a motion for the probe, said "I'm reliably informed that conditions are not as bad as reported." Nineteen Candidates In Area Seek County, State Offices Eighteen candidates filed for election in or from Jackson county before the deadline at 5 p. m. Friday. A 19th local man is seeking election to the United States senate. Here is the way the candidacy of Jackson county men shapes up: For United States senator Fred E. Robinson, proprietor of Robinson Brothers Men's store in Medford, several weeks ago said he would seek the repub lican nomination for senator, in opposition to Incumbent Wayne L. Morse of Eugene. A discus sion of the senate race appears elsewhere on this page. Day, Wilmeth File For state senator Two aspir ants for election to the Oregon state senate have made known their candidacies. Neither will have any opposition in the pri- n.zi. r ..ill DerserK jeameiie Terrifies People Before Being Held Seattle, Mar. 11 (U.R) A ber serk young man terrified a six block residential area in Seattle's Crown Hill district for more than an hour today before sheriff's de tectives subdued him and hauled him kicking and screaming into a patrol car. Edwin Olscn, 23, chased chil dren, broke up their toys, hurled rocks through windows and screamed obscenities as he dashed from lawn to lawn in the north Seattle district. Terrified mothers ran after their children, herding them in doors, as other frightened young sters hid behind trees and bushes. The sheriff's office was swamped with calls for help. Detectives Tom Nault Jr., and Phil Sands rushed to the district and were met by more than 50 women who were lining the road pointing frantically in the direc tion of the disturbance. Nault said they sighted Olsen just as he was throwing another rock through a window. Portland Vet's Fears Bring About His Death Portland. Ore., Mar. 11 (U.R) police said today that Kenneth Eugene O'Leary. 22-year-old ex navy man. committed suicide in a fit of despondency over wheth er he could collect a GI insur ance dividend. Investigators said O'Leary ap parently thought erroneously that he would not 'receive the money because of a bad conduct discharge. 1 Late Sports Central Point. Mar. 11 Central Point school teams won the class A and B cham pionships in the county grade school basketball tournament Saturday night with the var ity winning 37 to 34 end the seventh graders gaining 38 to 18 victory. Rogue River was victim of the CP, varsity In a close and tightly fought game in which Carrigan was high man for the winners with 16 points and Biggers got 19 for Rogue Riv er. The C. P. seventh grade quintet upset Shady Cove in the B division as Higginboth am led the winners and East cste got seven to pace the los ing quintet. Portland. Ore., Mar. 11 rUF The Vancouver Canuks cored three goals in the last Vo periods tonight to force lie with the Portland Pen guins. 3 3. in a Pacific Coast Hockey league game. MEDFORD, OREGON, mary election May 19. First to file was Ben Day, state repre sentative from Gold Hill, a re publican. The other is L. Peers Wilmeth, Ashland municipal court judge, who will win the democratic nomination without competition. For state representative A full slate of candidates, two from each party, seeks election to the two Jackson county seats in the state house of representatives. The republicans are Ed H. Mann, Mediord manufacturer, and Robert Root, pear packer here. Democrats are Robert Ruckcr, teamsters' union business agent, and A. O. Tollcfson, automobile salesman and former service sta tion proprietor. For county commissioner Robert Lytle, Ashland, is the in cumbent in the only county com mission seat up for election this year. He is seeking re-election. Opposing him in the primary will be Lew Graves, Shady Cove, a retired businessman. On the democratic side, the only candidate will be Albert Straus, Sams Valley farmer and rancher and a former Grange master. Straus is unopposed for, the democratic nomination. Four Seek Sheriff For sheriff Four men, two republicans and two democrats, are after this important county job. The republicans are Incum bent Howard Gault and Ray Marks, a Medford insurance and real estate salesman. The demo crats seeking nomination are Delroy Aldershof, Medford po lice officer, and W. L. "Bill" Tay lor, Central Point farmer and rancher. For surveyor and engineer Incumbent Paul Rynning, a re publican, is unopposed by either republicans or democrats for the job he has held for many years. Roseburg City Manager Wedded At Grants Pass To Los Angeles Woman Grants Pass, Ore., Mar. (U.R) Marion W. Slankard. Roseburg city manager, and G w e n E. Drake, Los Angeles, were mar ried here today in a quiet cere mony. The couple will honeymoon on the Oregon coast. Mrs. Slankard is the daughter of Willard H. Drake, Chester, S. D., Slankard is an Oregon director of the American Municipal association and a member of the Interna tional City Managers' association. The wedding took place at the J. P. McCourtney home here. FAMED SCIENTIST DIES Stuart. Fla., Mar. 11 (U.R) Arthur J. Dempster, discoverer of the atom bomb metal uranium 235, died today at the age of 63 of a heart condition. Bulletins Los Angeles. Mar. 11 (U.R) University of California at Los Angeles won its first Pacific Coast conference basketball championship and a berth in the NCAA western regional playoffs by defeating Washing ton State 52 to 49, Saturday night. New York. Mar. 11 (U.R) Syracuse university pulled a tunning upset here Saturday night by outracing Long Island university for an 80 to 52 vic tory in the second game of the openinq round of the National Invitational Basketball tour nament. Chico. Cel.. Mar. 11 (U P) Chico State won the Far West ern conference boxing cham pionship here tonight over its nearest competitor. Cal Aggies, last year's champs. Oklahoma 52. Kansas 49 Brown 66. Providence 54 Kansas S. 63. Nebraska 60 Syracuie 80, Long Island 52 (National Invitation) SUNDAY, MARCH 12, In commenting on reports California newspapers are taking pictures of Arizona farm camp conditions, Christenson said, "If these pictures are printed and distributed in Washington, it is pos sible that it would retard our fight for the central Arizona project as well as give our state further adverse publicity." State Senator Sam Head said the state legislature and the gov ernor were largely responsible for the farm camp condition. "The legislature appropriated too little money for the wel fare department so the department cannot be held responsible," he said. "I accuse the governor and the legislature of having the responsibility." Gov. Dan Garvey said It would take $100,000 to care for the nearby farm workers for 60 days until work will be available in the cotton fields. The federal and stale governments said they had no relief funds available. Arizona Congressman John Murdock will try to get food from the U. S. department of agriculture's surplus stockpiles and Gar vey said the state legislature would have to provide $10,000 a month to distribute the supplies. "The people being helped are worthy in every way," Judge Croaff said. "They are proud peoole, not beggars. That they are in this desperate situation is no fault of theirs. That's why it has tak en so long to realize their plight." For justice of peace Only one of the county's three justice of the peace districts will have partisan competition at the elec tion. Mrs. Nelle Burns. Ashland district, and L. G. Neevil, Gold Hill district, are so far unop posed. In the Medford district. In cumbent W. P. Walker will be without opposition in the pri mary election. Seeking the demo cratic nomination are Andrew L. Unger, a former teacher and for ester, and Joe Cave, for many years night desk officer in the Medford police department. Next Deadline With the candidates' filing deadline past, political attention was focusing on the deadline for voter registration, April 18. Ol ficials of both party organiza tions are making attempts to get voters of both parties registered -before then so that they may vote in the primary, It was not known definitely Saturday how many vacancies there will be In precinct com mitteeman and woman positions, although a large number filed for the jobs last week. There are 168 such positions open, two republicans and two democrat for each of the county's 84 pre cincts. (See pictures page 12) Airlines Employees Walkout Cancelled New York, Mar. 11 (U.R) The ten-day strike against Amer ican airlines by 4,500 mainten ance workers was settled today With the union dropping its de mands for a general wage in crease. The strikers, who walked off their jobs from coast to coast on March 1 to enforce demands for a 20-cent-an-hour pay boost, will return to work beginning at 7 a. m. tomorrow. The company, the nation's big gest domestic air carrier, said most of its flights would be re sumed by Sunday evening and that all schedules would be back to normal by Monday morning. The airline had been forced to curtail its operations by 80 per cent during the strike. Dr. Sander's Medical Career Still Studied Candia. N. H., Mar. 1 1 (U.R) The medical career of Dr. Her mann N. Sander still hung in the balance today as the doctor and his wife left town to rest and re lax after his three week trial on a charge of committing a mercy murder. (Arm TeUphotoi MURDERER? James Robert Iannone (above), former a.vsoclate of Micke) Cohen. I- Anitelr mob ster, slu In lh Loi Angeles County Jatl sfter belne booked on sus picion of murder. Iannone Is De Ins held on suspicion of murder In the Fresno slsylne of Abt Devi dtin, key figure In an alleged elatculde narcotics leg. .1x11 . fcvA Tribune 1950 NO. 297 Outlook For High Employment Herev Said Optimistic John J. Patton, manager of the Medford office of the state employment service, yesterday reported an' optimistic employ ment picture for the county. He .said the outlook at present is for a high level of local employment during the coming spring and summer The local level of employment increased "very rapidly" with the return of good weather in February, Patton reported Lay offs due to bad weather were about over by the end of February- except in the lumber in dustry, where restrictions on log-hauling over highways were still delaying the start of some logging operations. But Patton said the c. every from Shis year's shutdown has been more rapid than a year ago. As of the last of February, un employment in Jackron county was estimated ai z.huu, memo itiir 458 women and 700 veterans This is 22 per cent lc:s than ;i month ago and about five per cent less than one year ago. During February the local of fice of the employment service handled 9.412 weekly claims for unemployment compensation. Benefit payments on Oregon claims totaled $175,673 the hiehest on record for Jackson county. In addition, other states paid an estimated $z7.uuu to tor-ini-r residents now living here and unemployed during this pe riod. Orders for workers increased "considerably i.i Fcbru. ry over the January demand, Patton said, but were still far short of the number needed to take up the unemployment slack in the area. Only about 45 per cent of the em ployed workers In Jackson couti ty are covered by unemployment insurance. For the immediate future the local labor supply is expected tn he adenuale in all but a few skilled occupations. Agricultural cmplnymi nl will probabl equal last year s demand, wn.n siim cient local labor except during harvest season, according to Pat ton. He paid the employment service here can supply qualified workers in more than 375 dif ferent occupations covering cv ci y IneVistry in thus area. Grants Pass Creamery Announces Bankruptcy Grants Pass, Ore.. Mar. 11 (U.R) One of the largest dairy products manuiaciunng piHius in the city, Mellow Gold creamery, has closed its doors and an- nninir.rl hatlk Til nt CV HS the CaUSe. Attorney Samuel Howe, repre senting tnc nrm s crcaiuirs mm Msnniwr V. V RlirmWS. Said VeS- terdav a petition of voluntary bankruptcy would be filed with tl.n ..ifr-uit -nnrt Rnwp said lack of cooperation from some cred itors and poor business during January and rcoruary nu forced tne closure action. JUVENILE GROUP TO MEET The executive committee of Judge H. K. Hanna's advisory committee on juvenile affairs will meet in the circuit court room at 8 p.m. Monday to con sider and discuss the problems faced by the county due to tne lack of a detention home for de linquent and dependent Juven iles. Ski Conditions Sklinq was excollent on new powdery snow at Crater lake national park yesterday and should be good again today, the national park ranger's of fice reported. The sky was partly cloudy but cleannq yesterday. Five and one-half inches of snow fell Friday niqht. Roads were snow covered. The rangers office said chains were needed on vehicles travelinq from An nie Sprinq to the lake rim and advised that chains be carried for travel through the park. The ski tow and lunch counter will operate today. WEATHER FORECAST: Continued fair to diy ind Monday with froit In mornings and warm aftern oon. Trmprraturei Highest yrUtrday 46 LoufiL yesterday morniitj ....24 Rogue River High Wins State Cage Champ At Astoria Garibaldi Captures Third In Tournament Astoria, Mar. II Rogue River high won its first slate class B basketball champion ship by dumping Alsea high 38 to 34 here Saturday night In the finals of the state title tournament. The Chieftains led at the close of every-quarter. Garibaldi look third place in the tournament by upsetting Drain 48 to 41 In the first game. STRONG R. R. DEFENSE Set plays, good ball-handling and strong defense by both starters and substitutes paid i off for the Chieftains against a small but fast opponent. Al sea was strong on making long shots count. Gene Depuy and Pete Pur rier were taken out in the first period after four fouls had been called against them and did not return until the fourth quarter. Jim Martin and James Boulter playing much of the game for Rogue River showed up well. Rogue River led at the first quarter 10 to 9, at the half 25 to 13 and at the third quarter 28 to 22. Rogues' Scoring Scoring for the Chiefs were Glen Depuy with six, Gene De puy five, Purrier two, Harry Frantz seven, Don Poitcvint six, Martin six and Boulter six. Coach Millard Webb and the squad will leave at 8 a. m. Sun day for Rogue River and will bring a large trophy with them. The coach said he and the boys had been well-treated in Astoria during the three days they had been there. Frenchmen Return To Work Following Commie Led Strike Paris, Mar. 11 (U.R) A back-to-work movement spread throughout France today as the harried government appeared to have weathered the nation's worst strike crisis since 1947. The communist-led transport union, in an abrupt backdown, ended the five-day-old iJaris bus and subway strike after non-communist workers had restored op erations to about 50 per cent of normal. Steadily growing numbers of workers relumed to their jobs in the strikebound automobile, met al and building trades industries. The ministry of industry and commerce announced that 85 per cent of the workers were back at their posts in France's biggest auto plant the national ized Renault works. Almost 200 cars were turned out yesterday for the first time since the strike began a month ago. Some 450.000 workers still arc idle throughout the country. But new strike calls, for the most part, fell on deaf ears. FIREMEN CALLED Firemen reported no damage in two runs made yesterday. Thev said thev went to the home of James C. Wilson, 920 Queen Anne avenue about 6 p.m. when a short in a light switch was re ported. Equipment was sum moned to the residence of Mrs. F. K. Deuel, 1018 South Oakdale avenue, where a flue fire oc curred. v ,. Ait.'":.. 'Armt Trlrphola. KILLS IN MERCY - Held on . homicide chariie, Harold Mnhr (hove). 36. HU In police station at Allentown. Pa . alter he yielded to the persistent pleadings of hu blind, cancer-ridden brother and killed him wllh a rifle bullet in their home at nearby Coplsy. Tne victim Walter MoMr, had been suf fering from cancer of the face for the put six yean. 'V Jr.), i I. . .. -Y . . O i .- .oV . - ' BBMlMWWlfiaW 1 1 llfllllllll 111 ! itfate 1 'Acmt Ttlephoto ENEMY' INVADES CARIBBEAN ISLE-More than tooo paratroop ers of the famed 82nd Airborne Division float down on Vieques Is land, oft the Puerto Rico coast, as part of Operation Protrex, joint U. S. Armed Forces maneuvers in the Caribbean area. One para trooper wai reported missing and is believed dead, and 65 others suf fered broken bones or bruises In the jump. 'Little Men From Mars' Clutter Up Northern California Skies Again Salinas, Cal., Mar. 1 1 (U.R) The little men from Mars were cluttering up the northern Cal ifornia skies here tonight. More than a score of persons reported seeing a flying saucer in the Salinas area. The various reports had the saucer diving' on an automobile, looping the loop and or speeding across the hori zon at a low altitude. Many Calls Come The sheriff's office reported a "lot of calls" shortly after 8 p.m. by people claiming to have seen the phenomena. Simultaneously, a number of calls were received by the Salinas newspaper. The sheriff's office said the first call came from Mrs. Sam Raguindin of nearby Chualar, Air Force Plane Crashes, Killing Major; One Hurt Hope, Ark., Mar. 11 (U.R) An air force C-47 transport with one engine on fire and a wing sheared off crashed and burned near here today, killing an air force major. A crewman, one of three who bailed out, was injured. State Police Sgt. J. H. Porter field said witnesses told him the plane exploded 400 feet above the ground, but explosions be fore crashes are rare. It was the second crash In Arkansas today. Earlier, a Nash ville, Ark., siudent pilot, was killed. G. W. Leshlee, operator of the Malvern airport was seri ously injured. The big transport crashed in a field two -and -one -half miles southwest of Hope, near the Louisiana border. Flaming wreckage was scattered over a wide area. Witnesses at a country club south of Hope said they saw the plane circling with fire curling about an engine. They said one wing of the plane was gone be fore the crash. Mojave Desert Wind, Sand Stops Traffic Barstow, Cal., Mar. 11 (U.R) Winds of more than 70 miles an hour sent dust swirling across the Mojave desert today and closed main highways lead ing from here to Las Vegas, Nev., and Needles, Cal., for approxi mately three hours. The winds subsided after nightfall and traffic was allowed to move. Before traffic blocks could be established here, scores of auto mobiles were stalled along the highways when drivers found visibility cut so much that they had to pull to the side of the road and wait for conditions to Improve. . Sheriff's officers here said the gales were the worst in two years. They said many cars were blasted almost clean of paint and had their windshields badly pitied. Man Plans To Top Of Cascade, Colo., Mar. 11 (U.R) Larry Ilightower, out to push his much-traveled wheelbarrow to the top of Pike's peak, ar rived at this tiny hamlet today and said the autograph hounds were thicker than the snow. "The weather's wonderful," he said, "and I'd have made those eight miles in a lot less than eight hours if I hadn't stopped to sign so many memory books." Hightower left Colorado Springs. 28 miles from the sum mit, at 8 a. m., his barrow piled high with supplies. He plaas to reach the top of the 14,110-foot mountain by Wednesday and be .TsbtV Mi-' v vi .s ( - Cal., who said the saucer "swoop ed down" over her automobile as she and her mother and two children were driving south of Salinas. She said she at first thought the object was a falling star but changed her mind when it swooped down toward the car, Two Dinner Plates "It looked like two dinner plantes placed together, she said. "It came down to about 2,000 feet and as it came closer it gave off a strong bluish-white light that hurt our eyes like a welder's torch." She said it seemed to "loop the loop" and then sped away in a southerly direction at a great rate of speed. The saucer was next reported by Hiram Don, a Chinese market owner, who said he saw it in the sky as he left his market to take some groceries tcohis automobile. He said It appeared bright in front and had a long Hcry tan It was traveling quite close to the ground, he said. More Unemployment Reported Back East Washington, Mar. 11 (U.R)- Fortv - three "distress" areas, where at least 12 per cent of the workers were out of jobs pock marked U. S. prosperity in Jan uary, the bureau of employment security said today. The bureau's monthly report added seven new distress areas! to the 39 reported for Decem ber, and removed three from the list. The census bureau reported that 4.684,000 persons were un employed in Mid-January. That was about 200,000 more than in January, when the 43 trouble spots were reported. Employment Bureau Director Robert C. Goodwin predicted things would get better In the spring in almost all the distress regions. He said construction should pick up and that manufac turing industries are expected to re-hire workers laid off for the winter season. But in January, conditions got worse Instead of better In two thirds of the sore spots, Goodwin said. Portland Pedestrians Travel Through Snow OIIUW llllllll.f HIUI lIl'l'&IIIK lirill- perature put a crimp in spring garden planning in Pacific north west today. The calendar said winter was on the way out. But visitors to the Oregon Journal's "Spring Planting Fair" wore overcnnt and sloshed through wet snow. Snow flurries were reported throughout most of Washington and Oregon Friday and more fell today. Suburban hills ringing Port land were blanketed with snow, and heavy snowfalls were re ported In the Cascades. Snow flurries hit the Puget Sound area but melted on the ground. The mercury hovered around the 32 degree mark In the Wil lamette valley Saturday morning. '4 Shove Wheelbarrow Colorado Mountain bark in Colorado Springs Friday . "I'm going to stay here to night nnd eat a big dinner," he said. "That way I'll have plenty of sardines and crackers left if I run Into trouble higher up." The self-proclaimed wheelbar row pushing champion said he will leave here at 7 a. m. tomor row and spend the night at Glen Cove, 12 miles from the top. His plans for flashing progress reports to Colorado Springs with mirrors were foiled today by the weather. A mean, powdery snow was blowing in a good breeze and the sun was buried behind the rlotids. "Have two big flashlights and 40 To 80 Per Cent Of Voters Flocking To Polls In Soviet Crew Of Russ Vessel Votes Off Singapore London. Sunday. Mar. 12 (U.R) Russia began its mammoth par liamentary election today and radio Moscow said that in the Soviet Eastern Arctic islands. oeiwccn 4U and 80 per cent of the electorate had voted in the urst two hours. The first polls to onen were at Cape Wcllen, the northernmost point of northeast Russia. Others opened soon afterward in east ern Siberia and other far eastern points. Icebreakers Join In The news agency, Tass, quot ed by radio Moscow, said the Soviet diesel ship Ilyich off Singapore en route to Vladivos tok radioed that its crew had voted 100 per cent in the first hour. Crews of two icebreakers in the Arctic completed their vote early. The broadcast gave no totals. Moscow, Mar. 1 1 (U.R) Mos- cow donned festive garb today. on the eve of elections which will choose a "supreme Soviet" (par liament) to serve lor the next four years. Stalin Speech Seen Premier Josef Stalin is ex pected to make a speech some time today, closing the electoral campaign. All other members of the Russian politbureau have made speeches. (After 2 a.m., Moscow time no news of the expected Stalin state ment had reached the western world. (The Soviet monitor in London said it had no official indication that the premier would deliver a speech. The monitor, which re cords Radio Moscow broadcasts was transmitting nothing late to night. Flags On Display (Throughout the evening tt had transmitted the text of a speech by Soviet Deputy Pre mier A. I. Mikoyan.) Flags are out everywhere la the city, with red bunting stream ers. The principal public build ings are adorned with huge por traits of the politbureau's mem bers. Half Illinois Valley High Students Strike 1 Cave Junction, Ore., Mar. 11 (U.R) About half of the 165 atu dents of Hlinois Valley high school walked out of classes Fri day and paraded through the city streets with placards read ing, "We want our teacher back." The student walkout stemmed from a Josephine county school board announcement that Prin cipal Clarence Hagen and three of his 10 teachers would not be rehired for the next school year. The board's action was taken on recommendation of a local school board subcommittee. The students met with the commit tee and when their demands were refused that Hagen be re hired, they walked out. The committee had charged that there was constant friction between. Hagen and several members of his teaching staff. Honolulu Bound Plane Forced Back To U. S. San Francisco, Mar. 11 (U.R) A Honolulu bound Northwest stratocrulser with 22 persons aboard landed safely here to night after being forced to turn back to the mainland with one of its four engines out. The big plane, which took oft from Seattle at 12:45 p.m., turned back from a point ap proximately 1,000 miles west of San Francisco. Escorted by two B-17 rescue planes, one a coast guard aircraft and the other from Himilton air force base, it Inndcd at San Francisco airport. The airliner carried 15 passen gers and seven crew members. Soviet Needling Part Of Plan To Oust Allies Berlin, Mar. 11 (U.R) The So viet "needling" offensive In Ber lin Is a build-up for a formal Russian demand that western powers get out of the city, west ern allied quarters said today. Responsible allied sources ex pected the Russians would de mand that the Americans, British and French withdrawn from Ber lin shortly after the October 15 elections in communist cast Ger many. they'll be strong enough to signal with If the sun doesn't shine to morrow," Hightower said. The 4B-ycar-o!d Ellcnsburg, Wash., man has rolled up 18.305 miles since July, 1946, and in tends to quit at 28.500 miles. "I think that will be a record for all-time," he said. His wheelbarrow, loaded with food and other necessities, equipped with lights and a pen nant, was parked In the foyer of the lodge. "They don't mind a bit," ha said. "That wheelbarrow has been in some of the best hotels In the country." V 'i
